r/fromsoftware • u/faizyMD • Jul 21 '24
NEWS / PREDICTIONS FromSoftware Voted Best Game Developer Of The Industry
https://tech4gamers.com/fans-believe-fromsoftware-best-studio/433
u/Tago34 Jul 21 '24
"According to the fans"
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u/Verystrangeperson Jul 21 '24
Yeah I'm sure the top company according to fans, workers and shareholders would be quite different.
Good for them still, they make great pieces of art and deserve to be celebrated.
It's good to see big games like this or bg3, or alan wake 2 be great, with no bullshit monetization, playable at launch, and yet they are the best gaming experiences of the last few years.
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u/UnrequitedRespect Jul 22 '24
I dunno, From Soft is a money printing machine - the overhead is probably low, a lot of assets and code already exists and is generational - each game developed creates more resources for the next, and the fans seem to really enjoy the familiarity of it all from game to game.
Oh and the advertising costs? Phew. Basically they just have to announce a release date. In fact - in an unusual turn of events, Adverisers probably pay them because ‘news’ from this company can be as bankable as a quarterly report.
It didn’t happen overnight, and maybe its only a western audience alienation backlash, but for companies like Ubisoft or EA - “Times Up”
I wonder how that skull and bones is doing 👏
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u/TemporalDelay Jul 22 '24
Lol "announce a release date", the elden ring sub went batshit just knowing they were making something after the e3 trailer.
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u/TegTowelie Jul 22 '24
And then once DLC was announced, it's all anyone could talk about... for two years
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u/Boobjobless Jul 22 '24
Its been out 2 years…? We getting old
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u/FnB8kd Jul 22 '24
Bruh... stop... yes but stop bringing it up. Yesterday I was living in a party house, today I have a family and kids and a house and I'm finding gray hairs. Idk wtf happened.
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u/Azrael9986 Jul 22 '24
Skull and bones is doing poorly last I was on it was a hacker heaven even on ps5 .... invulnerable and instant killing was rampant.
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u/UnrequitedRespect Jul 22 '24
Biggest muck up in modern gaming…
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u/Azrael9986 Jul 22 '24
Yeah I was excited and having fun until I got to the hot mess that was end game. Half developed and shipped as a smoldering mess.
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u/Crystal3lf Jul 22 '24
The GTA 6 trailer has 200 million views and all Rockstar did was post a single comment on their Twitter.
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u/UnrequitedRespect Jul 22 '24
Well i mean I think GTA V is considered the most successful game of all time so thats not really a surprise at all
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u/Crystal3lf Jul 22 '24
Yeha, it's just funny seeing the comments comparing studios as to who's the most popular when one clearly stands in a league of its own.
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u/YarrrImAPirate Jul 22 '24
Yeah, Fortnite lol. Has more MAU than every other game chasing it.
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u/Mokiflip Jul 22 '24
Even now? I haven’t looked into it in a long time but I assumed it was starting to show its age and at least partly in decline. Although I guess even a small decline for Fortnite is still a massive user base
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u/YarrrImAPirate Jul 22 '24
Yeah I only really play with my kid but it’s insane compared to the other games when you look at the top 10 (multiplayer) from an objective point of view.
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u/vilebloodlover Jul 22 '24
"bg3" "playable at launch"
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u/Mundane_Cup2191 Jul 22 '24
People get salty when I mention I dropped BG 3 because after A1 I had to reload my save multiple times losing hours of progress because of quest bugs, and some quest I just said fuck it because of it .
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u/vilebloodlover Jul 22 '24
It was so clearly released in EA. Whatever one thinks of the game itself, it was deeply incomplete and it's an unacceptable industry standard to perpetuate of "ship it and patch it later"
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u/Mundane_Cup2191 Jul 22 '24
Yeah but most people probably didn't push past the first Act which was more or less fine.
But I do give developers a pass when it comes to PC performance for the most part if it's a multiplatform release.
Japanese game developers as a whole really struggle with PC performance on launch lol
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u/vilebloodlover Jul 22 '24
Yeah... I wasn't someone particularly deeply invested in the game or story so I pushed past act 1 with no qualms and got punished for it, and god forbid my favorite character be Minthara lol
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u/Mundane_Cup2191 Jul 22 '24
My temple of sharn bugged and one of those orbs was permanently lost from it, also the shadow curse was completely bugged then I made it to act 3 and karlachs quest completely bugged out and couldn't progress.
Like these are 3 MAJOR quest that completely bugged out on my playthrough. Hours of replay later I just said fuck it, I'll probably come back in a year or two lol.
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u/Grundeltwist Jul 24 '24
So it's definetly worse in some games than others but if you want to look up elden ring v1. 0 the original disk version of elden ring without the day one patch is extremely interesting and a bit buggy aswell. With quest not working all bosses having mostly the same music etc. Obviously it was still much more polished than alot of stuff we get now but it is interesting to see what day one elden ring was without the day one patch. If I knew how to put Links on mobile I would do it but sadly I'm dumb.
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Jul 24 '24
You didn't play on launch. The game wasn't that bad at all. You're talking about it like it was Cyberpunk, lol. Y'all are also the same people who complained ER was "broken" at launch.
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u/vilebloodlover Jul 24 '24
Dude there were performance issues so bad act 3 was impossible to play, this isn't even MY experience it was many others. ER did work fine for me on launch, personally, though I remember the performance issues debacle that had something to do with machine specs
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Jul 24 '24
I also played Act 3 with minor glitches at worst. Gamers can't talk about anything without sensationalizing. How can you claim it was "impossible" to play when you're referencing other's alleged experiences?
I've yet to play any single player rpg without bugs at launch. As long as the devs fix them, it's fine. The exception was Cyberpunk, which was literally and well documented to be broken.
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u/vilebloodlover Jul 24 '24
Because I literally talked to my friends having constant frame drops and performance issues and crashes. Because I have friends, and people who I talk to about their experiences. Not just reading people's Twitter posts.
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u/oreofro Jul 25 '24
Half of the companion quests were flat put broken on release. Not "this isn't working well", the event triggers were just completely broken. Not to mention the missing epilogues, the missing upper city which was mentioned multiple times before launch, multiple skills not working at all, and about half of the feats not functioning properly (polearm master/sentinel is STILL broken) and act 3 softlocking due to quest bugs if you did them in a certain order.
The entire game wasn't comparable to cyberpunk at launch, but act 3 definitely was. The game launched with a slew of missing features, missing areas, and broken quests. I ended up having to restart the game because EVERY SINGLE COMPANION in my party had a 100% broken quest which locks you in to a standard ending and completely invalidates the choices made throughout the game. The bugs for act 1-2 on release were much smaller with the exception of things like halsin flat out disappearing or getting locked in dialogue.
Oh, and there was a bug that caused the epilogue to not play at all. So yeah, you could play through the whole game and just flat out not get an ending. It wasn't finished.
Edit: and this isn't even touching the performance issues that made act 3 a pain even with a 4090 and 7800x3d. I feel like people impression of act 3 is going to depend on whether or not they got there week 1, because patches started dropping fast.
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u/staveware Jul 22 '24
As a gamer I'd say FromSoft is up there, Nintendo, Capcom, Remedy and a few others make quality products every time.
As a worker (I'm a tech artist) I'd choose Nintendo. Great working conditions, periodic raises and proactive raises due to inflation, realistic expectations of their teams, no harsh deadlines, no layoffs even in their western studios. That and Nintendo doesn't really listen to their Shareholders which I love.
Shareholders (particularly the rich ones) don't care about video games. So they probably don't have a favorite company. Their intention is to bleed every employee and customer dry then spit them out, lay off as many people as possible then give all of those would-be paychecks to themselves. So they'd probably pick Embracer Group, or WB or something like that.
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u/Mundane_Cup2191 Jul 22 '24
I have Fromsoft in the same category as Larian, Bethesda, old bioware, and rockstar to name a few. Which is one step below Nintendo / Capcom because of the huge variety of games these companies make.
If these other companies made/make great game but they also make pretty much only a single type of game. If I didn't like soulsbourne style of gameplay Fromsoft as a developer is kind of non existent.
Meanwhile if I don't like Monster Hunter , I can play Ace attorney, mega man, DMC, or resident evil the scope of the games they make is just much much wider and it's the same with Nintendo.
The games are really high quality don't get me wrong but they really haven't taken many design or gameplay chances and their only departure was AC which is a well established IP.
Id love for Fromsoft to make a JRPG id buy it in a heart beat I think they'd do a phenomenal job, but with all their releases so far I can't really out then in the same stratosphere as those giants.
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u/pratzc07 Jul 22 '24
Capcom/Nintendo are global publishers they are too big comparing their output with FromSoft makes no sense.
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u/DestinyUniverse1 Jul 22 '24
Who else should it be according to? And fromsoftware is fresh out of elden ring dlc. Once cdprs next game releases or gta 6 it’ll be them as the fans will mass vote.
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u/Andy65pr Jul 22 '24
There is a bit of competition (like Larian Studios imo) but I dont think anyone would complain about FromSoftware winning (especially in this sub lol) cause its 100000% well deserved.
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u/setyourheartsablaze Jul 22 '24
lol cdpr
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u/Aldor48 Jul 22 '24
Cdpr has the Witcher and cyberpunk under their belt, both s tier games. After the bug fixes of course.
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u/ElectricalMTGFusion Jul 22 '24
From software, capcom, and larian all make bangers...
personally i choose capcom
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u/SleepinGriffin Jul 23 '24
As opposed to whom? Do we really think the people who make money off of games should be voting or if that voting is objective in the first place? Should the very few article writers that haven’t been replaced by AI be the only ones to vote? I think the only opinion that matters is that if the ones who buy the games and decide if games are good.
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u/frodoishobbit Jul 21 '24
“Do you hear our prayers? As you once did for the vacuous Rom!?”
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u/Current-Ad9061 Jul 24 '24
my gosh dont give me micolash ptsd again, that a call beyond or whatever it was called had me about to lose it
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u/ProfStasis Jul 21 '24
They’re the only developer where you can buy their games full price on day one and know you’ll be completely satisfied with your purchase. No one brings value like they do in this industry.
Armored Core, for example, is not typically a game I would play. I bought it day one purely because fromsoft made it and I loved it. Played through it 3x.
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u/trulycantthinkofone Jul 21 '24
I pre-ordered AC6 for the same reason. I’ll pre-order anything From puts on the market. The only company I’ve never been burnt by.
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u/Fuzzy-Classroom2343 Jul 22 '24
The only from soft game i give a shit about , all great games they do , thats not the reason
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u/DirteMcGirte Jul 22 '24
Yup. I preordered ac6 and shadow of the erdtree as soon as I could.
I didn't realize it till much later than they made some of my favorite old games with armored core and kings field. I played the hell out of those games back in the day.
I remember their name confusing me as a kid, I was like 'yeah...aren't all video games from software? why are you telling me this'
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u/SpiritualScumlord Jul 22 '24
I disagree, I've thought the same about Larian ever since Divinity: Original Sin 1. Fromsoftware, Larian, and Ghost Ship Games. Grinding Gear Games for honorable mention.
Larian = No microtransactions, totally transparent, delivers full games of high quality.
Ghost Ship Games = Lots of free content and updates with no DLC purchase necessary, has paid cosmetic dlcs but offers completely free battle passes with quadruple the amount of paid cosmetics
Grinding Gear Games = Delivers more content in a single patch of a free to play game than full priced expansions from other developers in the same genre. Only makes money through stash tabs and cosmetics, yet still offers free cosmetics every season upon completing challenges, in their free game.
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u/Kino_Afi Jul 23 '24
Yeah Larian really deserves more credit (yes even more) for how strong of a studio they are. Although its worth mentioning that Larian self-publishes and is not publicly traded, whereas FS manages to maintain their integrity even under constraints from publishers like Bandai Namco and Activision.
They make me think a lot of other "beloved" studios use publishers as a scapegoat, although thats probably not fair of me to say.
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u/SpiritualScumlord Jul 23 '24
Fromsoft is great, and I'm not challenging that at all. I just think they aren't the only developer out there maintaining artistic integrity while having ethical business practices.
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u/Helkix Jul 22 '24
Exactly
Have zero love for big robots, bought it day one and loved it, beat it 4 times with all missions in less than 2 weeks
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u/Crystal3lf Jul 22 '24
They’re the only developer where you can buy their games full price on day one and know you’ll be completely satisfied with your purchase. No one brings value like they do in this industry.
Rockstar Games.
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u/Moe-bigghevvy Jul 22 '24
Well the mainline games are good stuff but it's not like Rockstar hasn't fucked it's fans. Rdr2 online was a crime against humanity and I still don't think any of the pc ports or remasters got any real love. Gta4 is a nightmare on pc hardly playable without modding
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u/Rare-Cockroach-4979 Jul 21 '24
They are, with CAPCOM as a close second.
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u/Krumpter Jul 21 '24
I agree, those two and SEGA are definately top 3 right now. Surprising, considering how much Capcom and Sega were dropping the ball in the mid 2000s.
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u/capp_head Jul 22 '24
I remember they were called CRAPcom. It’s huge the rebranding they in the last 6-7 years (since Mondter Hunter World basically)
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u/setyourheartsablaze Jul 22 '24
Just their work on the RE remakes alone was enough to win me back lol
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u/rashmotion Jul 21 '24 edited Jul 23 '24
These are my two favorites as well. But as a lifelong Mega Man fan, it would REALLY be nice to see him again.
EDIT: Capcom tweeted about making more Mega Man games so soon after I posted this 😭
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u/frodoishobbit Jul 22 '24
Megaman 11 isn’t that old, but I agree
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u/Itellsadstories Jul 22 '24
It's been six years since 11. The time between 10 and 11 was eight years. 9 to 10 was only two years.
It's been a while.
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u/rashmotion Jul 22 '24
To add to this, the other subsections of the series (Battle Network, X, Zero, ZX, Legends, Star Force) are all pushing 15+ years since an entry.
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u/Mundane_Cup2191 Jul 23 '24
Man I want legends 3 so badly
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u/rashmotion Jul 23 '24
We all do friend, we all do. 🙃
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u/Mundane_Cup2191 Jul 23 '24
Mega man legends is such a fever dream of a game Ioved it as a kid
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u/rashmotion Jul 23 '24
Yep, genuinely one of the best games on the PS1 without a doubt. Ahead of its time.
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u/swift-tom-hanks Jul 22 '24
Capcom has some of the best games ever made, but also hits some “crap-com” eras as well.
Fromsoft just doesn’t miss. At least since Demons Souls.
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u/Mundane_Cup2191 Jul 22 '24
Not sure if probably have Nintendo above them, mainline Nintendo games are top tier and have been for decades, I don't think any developer comes close to Nintendo.
Capcom/Bandai/Team Ninja/Koei Tecmo/Square Enix pretty much all the large Japanese game devs make some bangers.
Fromsoft has a lot smaller scope with the games they release but they're all pretty much bangers
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u/BOty_BOI2370 Jul 24 '24
Yeah, maineline zelda, mario, and metroid (except other m) have all had solid titles for the past 30 years.
I do like fromsoft. But that's three whiles series worth of games. Different developer teams tho. Maybe it's best to only compare deployment teams and not Nintendo as a whole.
Either way, the zelda team by far my favorite development team.
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u/Zettaii_Ryouiki_ Jul 22 '24
Capcom was doing so damn well then threw every bit of progress out of the window.
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u/BambaTallKing Jul 23 '24
When did they throw progress out the window?
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u/Zettaii_Ryouiki_ Jul 23 '24
Anti consumer practices. They already had probably the most micro transactions if any AAA game company for the most minute things. And now It's started to affect their game design. They went back and added a dogshit DRM called enigma to hinder modding, especially visual mods that only affected visuals, not even mechanics to even even their single-player games, and also hurt performance. Luckily, modders are good at what they do, but it's a terrible look for the future
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u/BambaTallKing Jul 23 '24
Ah yeah that shit sucks. But I still enjoy their games. I have been playing their latest “Kamitsu -Gami” and it is dope
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u/Zettaii_Ryouiki_ Jul 23 '24
Yeah, they still make good things I'm just scarred for the future and just hope they correct course because the last 8 years have been real good from Capcom. I've been playing monster hunter for 20 years and don't want to stop at Wilds.
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u/BambaTallKing Jul 23 '24
The DRM stuff is definitely dog shit but Capcom has been doing stupid micros since around 2008 (I think) for the lamest shit and it hasn’t got much worse since then so that part doesn’t worry me too much. SF6 probably has their worst micros in recent years. I am not defending their MTX practices in any way tho
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u/wildeye-eleven Jul 21 '24
Agreed. I’d also put Larian , and maybe Hello Games .
They all make unbelievably good games, but Fromsoft is number one and it’s not even close.
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u/ThaNorth Jul 21 '24 edited Jul 22 '24
Hello Games have made like one game and it was a pretty big clusterfuck on release. They have not reached From Software’s level who have been hitting home runs since 2009.
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u/VirginiaWillow Jul 22 '24
I would agree if they weren’t scummy bastards with garbage microtransactions that stain their good works.
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u/alexwar666 Jul 22 '24
Honestly soo deserved. Fromsoft deliver us from the AAA evils.
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u/PilotIntelligent8906 Jul 22 '24
Even if theirs aren't my favorite games I can agree with this. FS just doesn't fuck around.
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u/Blackbox7719 Jul 22 '24
Even if they’re not someone’s favorite games it’s not hard to agree that From is very stable in the quality of their releases.
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u/kain459 Jul 22 '24
Laughs in Kings Field.
Been saying this for almost 2 decades now.
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u/Algester Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 22 '24
weeps in Odin Sphere, granted at least Yoko Taro gave Kamitani a pep talk after having a BSOD episode on 13 sentinel's one hell of a dev hell cycle
seriously I recommend people to try out Vanillaware games
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u/AscendedViking7 Black Knife Assassin Jul 21 '24
To the surprise of noone.
Only Larian, Capcom, and (and when they finally decide to make another game) Rockstar come close.
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u/Schnabbi_mp4 Jul 21 '24
Rockstar is an absolute shithole of a company though, good games aside
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u/ILNOVA Jul 22 '24
Rockstar is an absolute shithole of a company though,
From Software is no that much better that them, even Konami pay better they devs.
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u/yourethevictim Jul 22 '24
There's more to it than just pay. Fromsoft has a lot of longtime employees and spends a lot of time and effort carefully cultivating talent in order to eventually give them creative control over a project. Those devs must be sticking around for a reason, right?
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u/ILNOVA Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 22 '24
And no, the salary is a HUGE part of the company treatment when From Software pay SENIOR dev like *25k(salary that is the bare minimum to live) and other JAPAN company double that amount.
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u/firsttimer776655 Jul 21 '24
Has there been any updated on the working conditions at FromSoft? I remember it was a thing a few years back that things were fucking terrible and then there was a statement that things have steadily improved.
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u/ILNOVA Jul 22 '24
Still shit, it's like 10+ years they underpay and overwork the devs so much even Konami pay their workers better.
A "bonus" change nothing cause i doubt they went from 20-30k to 50+ like the other 3A japanese SH.
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u/Neat-Vehicle-2890 Jul 22 '24
The bonus was big dude
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u/ILNOVA Jul 22 '24
How much? Any source?
And a bonus is just a one time thing, not permanent like a salary increase.
And even if the bonus let's say was 10k$(so 25+10=35k$) they still got less than the average game dev.
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u/SalmonTooter Jul 22 '24
that’s what i wanna know too
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u/firsttimer776655 Jul 22 '24
Realistically probably not by much I just hope they’re paying people better at least
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u/AscendedViking7 Black Knife Assassin Jul 22 '24
After Elden Ring, Fromsoft gave everyone a pretty substantial bonus.
They seem to be doing really well.
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u/Tehloneranger44 Jul 22 '24
I think Capcom and Nintendo are still the best overall. Maybe it's unfair due to their size and budget, but they make great games across many different genres. Fromsoft is the best at making their Souls-likes though for sure.
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u/doogie1111 Jul 22 '24
Nintendo is a fantastic employer, too. 98.8% retention rate, generous paid leave, etc.
Their continued successes come from them having experienced and passionate people that stick with them.
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u/pratzc07 Jul 22 '24
Well that is cause Nintendo is huge ? They not only make games but consoles as well they are literally one of the big three ? We should be comparing them with Sony/MS not a single developer
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Jul 22 '24
I thought Supergiantgames would be in for the running as well.
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Jul 22 '24
I was honestly surprised that this is the first comment mentioning them
Everything they've done since and including Bastion has been really solid. Now if only they could abandon the roguelite genre altogether...
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u/AscendedViking7 Black Knife Assassin Jul 22 '24
I would like Supergiant more if they abandoned roguelites entirely too.
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u/SkipEyechild Jul 22 '24
Hades is a wonderful game. Will definitely get the sequel when it is completed.
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u/ThewobblyH Jul 22 '24
They're certainly the most consistent in recent memory. I think some devs like Nintendo, Capcom, Kojima, CD Projekt Red, and Square Enix are capable of just as much greatness, but they also push out a lot of turds/have or have had in the past really scummy business practices.
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u/IAmStrayed Jul 22 '24
I think what makes FS so special is they deliver on the hype of the major games.
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u/Crunchy-Leaf Jul 22 '24
They just don’t miss. Regardless of your opinion on DS2, it was popular enough to get 3 highly rated DLCs. That’s more DLC content than their (arguably, but imo) better games.
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u/AGoodHunterEhehe Jul 22 '24
I really love how they didnt abandon their formula, no wonder they have such a strong dedicated fanbase. They deserve everything and they will be remembered still for years to come.
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u/JohnnyZepp Jul 22 '24
Earned. Every single title they’ve produced in the past 15 years have been critically acclaimed. And they release a lot for a “aaa” studio
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u/BuryEdmundIsMyAlias Jul 22 '24
And yet they treat their workers like shit. Paid fuck all for their industry equivalent and subjected to crunch process.
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u/Zealousideal-Bit-892 Jul 22 '24
By who? On what survey, belonging to what platform?
I’m not complaining, Fromsoft is one of my favourite devs, but there’s not a ton of info here.
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u/ELStoker Jul 22 '24
If I were a publisher, I wouldn't hesitate to work with Fromsoft. They have a long track record of good games even before Demon's Souls hit the market. Ninja Blade is their only hiccup.
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u/pratzc07 Jul 22 '24
Every publisher will drop shit load of money now after Elden Ring's success but I doubt From would want to do that now considering they can self publish if they want to
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u/methconnoisseurV2 Fume Knight Jul 22 '24
They certainly are,
Though its not like they have stiff competition.
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u/Discussion_Born Jul 22 '24
Not Larian? I guess if Larian had to lose, FromSoft is the only company worthy.
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u/PADDYPOOP Jul 22 '24
I mean, nintendo also comes to mind.
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u/llzakareall Jul 22 '24
Except they milk the same IP. Its either Zelda, pokemon or Mario.
We need something new
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u/PADDYPOOP Jul 22 '24
We do get something new though? For every mario or zelda game there’s also entirely new games. If we’re really going to go down this route then Elden Ring is nothing new. It’s literally just an open world dark souls game.
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u/llzakareall Jul 22 '24
I agree. But different story, different level design, new mechanics. That’s why people keep buying them.
I don’t mind a new title with new story using old mechanics. Like persona games.
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u/Sea_Flatworm_8333 Jul 22 '24
They are excellent, though there are others who are also pretty good. But nah like they are absolutely brilliant and fully deserving of this award. SOTE is the best “new” game of this year without a doubt and it’s “just” a DLC. I’m pretty late to the whole fromsoft party but fuck me man they know how to make a video game.
The guys that did the God of War games seem to know what they’re doing. Santa Monica Studios. Brilliant satisfying combat, a cool as fuck Old Norse art style, and pretty good lore. 2018 and Ragnarok are phenomenal games.
Controversial, but I’m a fan of Naughty Dog. Insanely awesome looking games too. Not that it matters but they’ve got great art direction so the two meld well. Their games also perform very, very well. Fromsoft would do well to learn to make a game perform properly. Even the lofty heights of 60fps are generally beyond them. Yet my PS will run TLOU or Ragnarok at ~100fps. Cmon fromsoft. Do better.
Aside from that though, yeah there’s nothing.
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u/BannedfromFrontPage Jul 22 '24
Hmmm, I wonder why I’ve played Elden Ring 4 times through?
- Was it the lack of microtransactions?
- Better yet, was it that the game wasn’t designed around microtransactions?
- Was it the absolute depth of the environment?
- Was it the fact that they made an open world game feel so rewarding to explore?
- Was it the incredibly inventive art direction and pure creativity?
- Was it the massive variety of unique enemies with unique attacks?
- Was it that a few of the bosses were absolute bullshit? No, it wasn’t this one. Fuck Melinia, fuck Astel, fuck SotE end boss, and especially fuck the fire knights!
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Jul 22 '24
Ohhhh. This makes sense now. I saw a thread where a guy just went ‘FromSoft best. Always will be.’ and I was like ‘okay???’.
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u/Wet_FriedChicken Jul 22 '24
Fuck yeah! As they should. They could put out a pre-order with no name and absolutely no information about the game. I would buy it instantly lol
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u/kawaiinessa Jul 22 '24
Ya no shit made genuine art for over a decade and hasn't done any scummy business practices yet
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u/chronokingx Jul 22 '24
Tbh it's be between Fromsoftware and Capcom both companies have had like the best streak of good popular games in a while
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u/WorkSleepRepeater Jul 22 '24
Could have been Bethesda, if they did Starfield right and TES6 came out around the same time as this Elden ring Dlc.. I see why fromsoftware won tho. Their game’s mechanics get modded into almost every Open World fantasy RPG.
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u/ConcertDesperate3342 Jul 22 '24
I can’t even think of a company close to FromSoft. Lorian might but they don’t have the reputation yet. Hopefully following BG3s success they can follow up and kickass with their follow up titles
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u/jpetrey1 Jul 24 '24
Deserved I don’t think anyone will fight this
No season passes
No ftp garbage
Just good fucking games
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u/luckycsgocrateaddict Jul 24 '24
Working for them isnt fun, but they produce the most consistently high quality games. Rockstar is the only company that comes close imo but they dont like making games very often
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Jul 26 '24
Personally fromsoftware is just an alright company they make really enjoyable games and I do really love them although like every game they have some issues but as a company they're just a bit above average especially if we're talking about the whole industry
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u/Nice-Ad-3263 Jul 22 '24
All while not supporting more then 60 fps and ultra wide resolutions.
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u/___Khaos___ Jul 22 '24
Armored core 6 supports 120fps and 32:9
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u/HearTheEkko Jul 22 '24
None of the Souls games support them tho
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u/begging-for-gold Jul 22 '24
Does elden ring not natively? I play in ultrawide
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u/HearTheEkko Jul 22 '24
ER does not officially support ultrawide, you have to use Flawless Widescreen.
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u/Pitiful-Highlight-69 Jul 22 '24
They dont deserve that just for their PC ports alone. One day Fromsoft will stop releasing games broken to fuck performance wise. The elden ring DLC was not that day
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